Storm reports for August 13, 1997

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On August 13, 1997, 34 hail, 25 damaging-wind and 2 tornado reports were logged across 13 states. The largest hail reported was 2.00″ (hen egg size) in Pennington County, SD.

Storm day runs 7 a.m. to 7 a.m. Eastern (12:00–12:00 UTC), the convention the Storm Prediction Center uses. Radar hail estimates start October 2019.

Storm reports by state

Cities with hail reported within 5 miles

Hail reports (34)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $177,000 in property damage and $1.3 million in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (65 events in 13 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Dallas County, TX (near Dallas) · Thunderstorm wind · $15,000
  “Strong winds blew the roof off an automobile body shop.”
• Collin County, TX (near Mc Kinney) · Thunderstorm wind · $10,000
  “Strong winds blew down power lines, uprooted trees, and snapped six power poles.”
• Pima County, AZ (near Tuscon Ryan Fld Arpt) · Thunderstorm wind 90 mph · $7,000
  “Thunderstorm winds gusting to 78 kts snapped a power pole knocking out power to 1700 customers and toppled a tree onto a house.”
• Stephens County, OK (near Duncan) · Thunderstorm wind · $5,000
  “Severe thunderstorm winds blew the roof off a barn and carried it over a house and onto a road. The roof of the house was severely damaged. Winds also uprooted trees and snapped limbs.”
• Loup County, NE (near Taylor) · Hail 0.75″ · $1,000
  “Thunderstorm winds and hail broke house windows.”
• Grady County, OK (near Pocasset) · Thunderstorm wind 64 mph
  “Several tree limbs up to eight inches in diameter were broken off of trees.”

Event narratives from NWS Storm Data, shortened. Up to six per day, chosen by deaths, injuries, damage and size.

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Storm Events Database, as entered by National Weather Service offices; data through July 31, 2026. Damage is in dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation.

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